Railway-rail joint



F. R. BOWLBY.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION, FILED. 050.13, 1920.

Patented'Sept. 13, 1921.

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ATTORN EY WITNESS:

Patented Sept. 13, 1921'.

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' F. R'. BOWLBY.

RAlLWAY RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION, FILED DEC-'13, 1920.

1 .5 flan Z5 y To all whom it may concern: 7

chair.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

1,390,489. Specification of Be it known that I, FReNK BoWLBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cottonwood Falls, in the county of Chase and .State of. Kansas, have inventednew and useful Improvementslin Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following; is. a specification. 7 a

My present invention has reference to improvements in means for connecting the meeting ends of railway rails. v 1

My object is to produce a railjoint in which a chair member, on which the rails rest is provided, and an angle flange is ar ranged on the chair and is disposed in the fishing spaces of the rails, while wedge means are employed which engage between a flange on the chair and the angle bar to hold the latter in tight engagement? with the rails, and force they said rails against an integral rail engaging portion on the A further object is the production of simple means for effectively connecting the meeting ends ofrailway railsto hold the rails against sinking,side or tilting movement, which shall be of, a simple construction, and readily applied to or detached from the rails. 1 1

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear asthe nature oftheinvention is better understood, maybe accomplished by a construction,combination and oper ative arrangement .of. parts, such as is disclosed .by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings v Figure 1 is a side elevation of two rails constructed inv accordance with this invention. v

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. a Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. r

Fig. 4- is a sectional View on the line .4ofFig.1. Fig. 5 is a.view'of fthe chair member of the improvement. Fig. 6 is adetail vsectional 'view of the wedge members. 7 I e The confronting ends oftwo railway rails of the ordinary construction, are indicated, in the drawings, by the numeral 1 respectively. The supporting. ties for the rails I V are indicated by the numeral 2.

Lette man. Patented.S ept.13, 192,1. Application filed December 13, 1920. Serial No. 430,265. v v.

Thenieeting ends of therails l rest uponv the flat base 3 of the chair member 4:] of the improvement. The chair rests on two ofthe ties 2, and is spiked to the saidties, asat-5.'

-The" chair,;adjacent one. of its edges is lntegrally iformed -with *an 'upstanding flange. 6. a The inner wall 'of this flange is is ram" OFFICE.

straight and the'lower p0rtion,-in a line with i the upperface of the base is grooved'longitudlnally,"as at 7. The straight plate 8 of the flange, upon the inner face thereof, is-

channeled longitudinally, as at 9-to provide 3.11- spaces, and; also'to provide mea ns'wheree by thesaidplates 9'will more eliectively grip the outer facesof the webs 10- of the rails 1. ,Thejupper wall of the groove 7 isarranged at an angle so that thebase flanges 11; of :the rails 1. will be snugly received I there n. The flanged has its vertical plate 8 nuts.

locking means; may be, provided for the fllhe flatfaceof the -base suitable intervals,f is provided With openings 14 through which Twater'orjo'ther moisture may drain- :3

The rails, on the-faces'there'of opposite l those engaged by theflange on the'chair, have ;-arranged in their tfishing spaces an angle bar 15. Their securing means, heretofore referred to, also pass through open ings in the verticalplate of the angle bar. The horizontal plateor flange of the angle ha r contacts with the edges of the base flanges of the rails.

/On the fiat base 3 outward of the, angle bar 15, there is integrally formed an up-' standing longitudinally; extending lug or flange 16. f. Theinner faceof the ,lugis bevele'd inwardly, as fat 17; The horizontal flange-1550f the angle-bar'15 is of a height approximately equalingzithat of the lug 17,

and has itsouter face inclined inwardly from the center to endsthereof, as indicated by the numeral: 19. Between the beveled walls 19fandfthe inwardly inclined wallv 17 of the lug 16 there are. arranged wedge blocks 20respectively. These Wedge against the beveled wall on the inner face of the lug 17. r

' but the opening 24: in the other block is threaded. Passing through the non-thread- Each of the wedge bloclrs 20' has a central openingpassing thGIGthlOllQhp The opening 23 in one of the blocks is non-threaded,

ed opening 23 and engaging with the threads in the opening 2% of the second wedge blockis a bolt member 25. Thebolt member has its head preferably kerfed, as at 26 7 whereby a suitable instrument, such as a 7 other.

screw driver, may have its bit inserted in the said kerf and the driver turned until the wedge 'members are forced toward each lhe longitudinal movement of the wedge members toward 1 each other will cause a pressure tofbe exerted upon the angle bar, forcing the angle bar tightly into the iflshing spaces of the 'ra-ils and- 'conse quently forcing the rails against the inner face of the flange 6 on the chair 4. Suite able locking means, such as is illustrated by the numeral 27 may be provided for holding the bolt. against turning, and it is,

thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings will fully. setforth the construction and advantages of the improvement without further detailed description. It is thought necessary to state, however, that the showing and description refer to a satisfactory "embodiment of the improvement as it now appears to me, andthat Imay', at a later date, make such changes therefrom as fall within the'scope of what is claimed.

Having described theinvention, I claim 1. In a means for connecting the'meeting ends of two railway rails, a chair on which the rails rest, a flange on said chair having its inner surfaces receivedin the fishlng' spaces of the rails and also receiving the base flanges of the rails, an angle bar engaging "the opposite sides of the rails, an upstandinglongitudinal lug on the base of the chair spaced from the anglebar, wedge meanslbetween the angle bar and lug, ad:

justing means for said wedge means, and locking means forsa'id ad ustmg means. 2. In a means for securing the meeting ends. of railway rails, a chair upon which I the 'rail ends rest, said chair having an intcgral flange whose inner face is shaped to be received 1n the fishing spaces of the rails base of the chair outward of the angle bar and to receive the base flange of the rails therein, an angle bar received in the fishing spaces on the opposite sides of the rails and contacting with the base of the rail flanges, securing means through the angle bar rails and flange 0f the chair, said angle bar having its horizontal flange, on its outer surface inclined inwardly from the center tethe ends thereof, a lug integrally formed on the 5 and having an inner inclined wall, wedge 7 7 members having their opposite; sides co1nplementary with the outer wallsof'the angle bar and the inner wall of the; lug, received between said walls, means on one of the wedge blocks engaging with the other wedge block for moving the blocks toward or away from each other, and means for locking said adjusting means. I

3..In a means for securingjthe meeting ends of two railway rails, a chair, including a flat base on which the rails, rest, a flange integrally formed on the chair adjacent to one edge thereof, and having its inner; face shapedto be received in the fishing spaces of the rails, to underlie the heads of the rails and to receive the base flanges of the railsfthe inner; straight face of the flange having longitudinal channels therein,a the base of the chair having spaced openings therein, an angle bar received in' the opposite fishing spaces of the rails and resting on the chair, said angle barhaving its h'ori "zontal flange, on its outer surface straight,

and beveled from the center to the'end s thereof, an upstanding lug integrally formed on the base of the chair} outward ofv the angle bar and having inner face beveled from its top inwardly to'its bottom, opposed wedge members havingtheir opposite faces shaped complementary with thezbeveled surfaces of the anglebarf and the'inclined sur face of the lug, received"between such surfaces, said wedge blocks having central openings therethrough, one of which being 1.10 threaded, a boltmember passing through the non-threaded opening and engaging. in v the threaded opening, meansfor lockingthe bolt when the wedge blocks are; adjusted. V

. 4E. Ina means forsecuringthe-meetihg ends of two railway. rails, a chair, including a flat base on whicht'he rails rest, a flange integrally formed on the'chair adjacent to one edge thereof, and l1tV111g'1tS.lI1I16I' face shaped to grip the webs'iof therails and to receive the base. flanges of the'rails, the-opposite edge of said'base having an upstanding lug integrally formed and extending longitudinally thereon, said' lug having. its

' inner face beveled from its gtopinwardly. to

its bottom, of an angle bar engaging. the opposite side of "thezwebs of the rails and; resting on the base of said chair, said angle bar having a horizontal flange, the" outer surface thereof being straight,said'flange 1 0 being beveled from the center to its ends, ing threaded,a belt member passing through a opposed wedge members having their oppothe non-threaded opening and engaging in site faces shaped complementary with the the threaded opening, and means for locking 1O beveled surfaces of the angle bar and the the bolt when the wedge blocks are ad- 5 inclined surface of the lug, received between justed. I

such surfaces, said wedge blocks having cen- In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature. m1 openings therethrough, one of which be- FRANK R. BOWLBY. 

